Interleukin-4 and -13 expression is co-localized to mast cells within the airway smooth muscle in asthma.
BACKGROUND: Airway smooth muscle infiltration by mast cells is a feature of asthma and not eosinophilic bronchitis. In asthma, Th2 cytokines have been implicated as playing a critical role in the development of airway inflammation and hyper-responsiveness. Whether inflammatory cells within the airwa...
| المؤلفون الرئيسيون: | , , , , , |
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| التنسيق: | Journal article |
| اللغة: | English |
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2003
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